The Bowdoin Orient
Volume CXXXIX, Number 24
May 7, 2010
SPORTS
Men’s lacrosse scores two goals in 20 seconds to beat Colby
By CRAIG HARDT, STAFF WRITERThe Polar Bears have shaken off a poor start to the season with wins in six of their last seven games and now find themselves among the final four teams in this season's NESCAC tournament.
Softball beats Bobcats 2-1, prepares for the playoffs
By ADAM MARQUIT, STAFF WRITERThe defense did it again for the Bowdoin softball team. Bates was up 2-1 on Friday with the bases loaded and no outs in the top of the seventh.
Pace pitches baseball team into NESCAC playoff berth
By NICK PISEGNA, STAFF WRITERFifteen minutes before what would prove to be a win-or-go-home game against Bates last weekend, Bowdoin starting pitcher Oliver Van Zant '13 was pulled because of an arm injury. Enter senior co-captain Joe Pace.
Women’s tennis to face Middlebury in playoffs
By RYAN HOLMES, STAFF WRITERThe No. 13-ranked women's tennis team ended its regular season this past Saturday on the road, bowing to the No. 11-ranked Tufts Jumbos 6-3. The Polar Bears finish their regular season 9-6 (3-4) and fifth in the NESCAC.
Five athletes to compete at Open New England
By MARCUS SCHNEIDER, STAFF WRITERThough the team competition for men's track has ended for the year, the postseason continues this weekend for a few athletes. The Open New England at Northeastern University is all about individual performances: bettering personal records and qualifying for nationals.
Women’s track places sixth in final meet of the season
By SEAN MCELROY, STAFF WRITERIn what was the final Bowdoin meet for the seniors on the women's track team, the Polar Bears finished an impressive sixth at the New England D-III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Women’s lacrosse falls in round one of playoffs
By CARLINA COLEMAN, STAFF WRITERThe women's lacrosse team fell to the Williams Ephs on Sunday in the NESCAC Quarterfinals, 14-12. The Ephs advance to the NESCAC Semifinals this weekend with the win, and the Polar Bears fall to 10-6 for the season.
Men’s tennis beats Bobcats, preps for NESCAC tourney
By ERIC D'ELIA, STAFF WRITERThe men's tennis team closed out their regular season this past week against Bates College (11-6 overall, 6-4 NESCAC).
Sailing teams struggle in final spring regatta
By CAITLIN BEACH, STAFF WRITERThe sailing team traveled to Boston this past weekend to compete in its final regatta of the spring season.
ABSA helps support queer athletes
By LUKE LAMAR, STAFF WRITERMore than half of the Bowdoin student body either plays a varsity, club or intramural sport, or competed in high school. And, many would argue, the sports environment is the hardest environment to come out in.
Three-sport athletes Hackett, Herter balance school, sports and college life
By TED CLARK, STAFF WRITERMany students would agree that balancing athletics and academics at a college as demanding as Bowdoin can be a challenging prospect. Yet if the prospect of playing one season of a college sport sounds daunting, try three.
Athlete of the Season: Elsa Millett
By CHARLES CUBETA, STAFF WRITERIn elementary school, Elsa Millett '12 prided herself on being able to outrun any of the boys in her class. Then, in fifth grade, the boys started to catch up to her.
Athlete of the Season: Kyle Hebert
By DANNY CHAFFETZ, STAFF WRITERIn an interview almost two-and-a-half months ago with the Orient, senior Kyle Hebert of the Bowdoin men's track team said that his main goal for this year's season was to qualify for nationals.
Column Like I See 'Em: World Cup Preview, Then On To the Next One
By CHRIS ADAMS-WALL, COLUMNISTSeventy six. That's the number of articles I counted when I visited the Orient archives after clicking on the link that was my name.